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Patient diagnosed with first case of coronavirus in Orange County
ABC7 ^ | ABC7

Posted on 01/26/2020 12:24:46 AM PST by tcrlaf

The first case of novel coronavirus was confirmed in Orange County Saturday, health officials said.

The Orange County Health Care Agency's Communicable Disease Control Division, which received confirmation from from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the infected person is a traveler from Wuhan, China.

The respiratory disease has sickened 1,975 people and killed 56, almost all in Wuhan.

RELATED: Coronavirus: US Consulate to evacuate staff from epidemic-stricken Wuhan

The patient was transported to a local hospital and is isolation in good condition, according to officials.

Health officials said there was no evidence that person-to-person transmission has occurred in the county, and that the current risk of local transmission remains low.

It was immediately clear where and how the traveler entered into the country or county.

A passenger who landed at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday night was hospitalized for a precautionary medical evaluation amid increased concerns over the viral infection.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: california; china; coronavirus; wuflu
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WuFlu is in California now.
1 posted on 01/26/2020 12:24:46 AM PST by tcrlaf
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To: tcrlaf

Are they watching everyone that was on the same flight?


2 posted on 01/26/2020 12:39:15 AM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (If you want a definition of "bullying" just watch the Democrats in the Senate)
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

It’s airborne, right?
As usual, the media not covering all aspects of the story


3 posted on 01/26/2020 12:47:20 AM PST by rainee (Her)
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To: rainee

Apparently one doc got sick through eyes;

But orange county is alreAdy an open sewer


4 posted on 01/26/2020 12:51:18 AM PST by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: tcrlaf

It is up in Canada as well.


5 posted on 01/26/2020 1:01:46 AM PST by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: tcrlaf

This is the US. We have modern public hygiene.

Places like SF and LA should be just fine...


6 posted on 01/26/2020 1:07:19 AM PST by Ken H
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To: RomanSoldier19

“But orange county is alreAdy an open sewer”

Have you ever been to Orange County?


7 posted on 01/26/2020 1:25:58 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: tcrlaf

... the CDC and the state Department of Public Health, is following up with all people who have had close contact with the patient...

- OC Register


8 posted on 01/26/2020 2:42:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: RomanSoldier19; rainee

It seems now that the virus can be sneezed, remain airborne, then land in your eyes and infect you.

I don’t think folks with symptoms should go to hospitals, that will just lead to mass infections.

Home care/quarantine for this one, maybe.

Masks and GOGGLES.


9 posted on 01/26/2020 4:06:12 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Ken H

Modern public hygiene won’t help if hospitals become mass incubators of an airborne virus you can catch through your eyes.


10 posted on 01/26/2020 4:07:04 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: tcrlaf

Does anyone not think this was done on purpose? Soros...Clinton... China...Jarrett??? CIA? Dumpster fire...chaos...currency...trade...impeachment not going their way...


11 posted on 01/26/2020 4:19:58 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Conspiracy flu outbreaks often get brought up. They never go far.

Part of this blame is the fact that in this modern era (the past fifty years)....air travel is a major part of the whole story. I can take one single infected guy on a Hong Kong to Sydney flight (nine hours), and probably infect twenty people. Within five days, those twenty can probably infect another twenty each. And so it spreads.


12 posted on 01/26/2020 4:24:41 AM PST by pepsionice
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To: Travis McGee
It seems now that the virus can be sneezed, remain airborne, then land in your eyes and infect you.

Evidently it can also remain viable on surfaces for hours.

13 posted on 01/26/2020 4:26:01 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: Ken H

Not with this coronavirus
If people can catch a common cold, they can catch this
Except this one loads virus and kills the host


14 posted on 01/26/2020 5:14:29 AM PST by silverleaf (Remember kids: You can vote your way into communism, but you have to shoot your way out!)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Sounds like a Chinese hospital is the last place you want to go if you have cold symptoms.


15 posted on 01/26/2020 5:17:15 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: tcrlaf

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16 posted on 01/26/2020 5:21:36 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: silverleaf

that remains to be see . It sounds like the sicker cases develop frank pneumonia and ARDS which is also what happened with H1N1. We will see how severe it is now that we have a couple of cases. So far it does not seem like any individual is too sick but it is early.


17 posted on 01/26/2020 5:23:37 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: RomanSoldier19

An open sewer? Uh, no.


18 posted on 01/26/2020 5:24:54 AM PST by SoCal Pubbie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How about the guy that sat in the same seat on the next flight? This is out of the bag and impossible to track


19 posted on 01/26/2020 5:24:55 AM PST by Mom MD
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To: CincyRichieRich

I’ll go put on my George Will sweater and try to be more proper and civilized.


20 posted on 01/26/2020 5:26:08 AM PST by CincyRichieRich (Vote for President Trump in 2020 or end up equally miserable, no rights, and eating zoo animals)
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